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Happy Fourth of July - Joey Galloway: How dare they rip the Fourth Amendment?(0)

July 4, 2008

Early next week the U.S. Senate will vote on an extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, with a few small amendments intended to immunize telecommunications corporations that assisted our government in the warrantless and illegal wiretapping it has grown to love.
That such a gutting of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution even made it [...]

Happy Fourth of July - Joey Galloway: How dare they rip the Fourth Amendment?

Glenn Greenwald Analyzes Obama’s New Statement on FISA

Glenn Greenwald carefully examines Barack Obama’s new statements on FISA in a message Barack sent to his supporters. Glenn’s analysis agrees with my layperson’s opinion. Glenn is a Constitutional lawyer, and I value his opinion highly. Please follow the link and read the whole article by Glenn.
Here is an excerpt of his take [...]

Response to Barack Obama’s FISA Message to Campaign Supporters

Barack Obama issued a flimsy set of generalizations as to why he is supporting the FISA bill. It doesn’t fly. Not in a million years. We are his base. The Telecoms may have money, but they still only have one vote per CEO, CFO, and COO. We matter. We [...]

Barack Obama’s Response to Anti-FISA Supporters

I want to take this opportunity to speak directly to those of you who oppose my decision to support the FISA compromise.
This was not an easy call for me. I know that the FISA bill that passed the House is far from perfect. I wouldn’t have drafted the legislation like this, and it does not [...]


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